Polishing wax making question.

For knife handle finishing, mixing beeswax with mineral oil rather than paraffin oil is recommended for optimal results in beeswax furniture polish. A ratio of approximately 3 parts oil to 1 part beeswax furniture polish is commonly used for this purpose.
 
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A lot of these recipes are close to the ones I use to re wax my jackets, or would be good for "tin pants"
 
i use the "Bowling alley wax" as far as i can tell this can will likely last forever(just a pea sized dab does it)
really like the way it works .. i think it was recommended here years ago... use it on blades/handles/leather ..
 
Bowling alley wax works OK. The odor puts off some folks -turpentine and mineral spirits. There is no beeswax in it., just carnauba and paraffin. The solvents help with penetration.
 
There is a product by Howard's feed-n-wax you can get in many big box stores. It is a bit thin, but I have been using it as a final coat, hand buffed in. It's also good if you get a little sanding swarf in your wood, it can lift and clean pretty well.
 
I would suggest a hardening oil. Raw tung oil is what I use with amazing results. I don’t normally mix it with wax but I have in the past. I don’t normally use oil on my handles either.
Raw tung oil an bees wax will do wonders but it’s air curing so it will harden over time. Any oil that cures will do this.

Raw tung oil and some citrus solvent will make a great finishing oil. What I’ve done is 50/50 mix tung oil and pine tar. When I need it separate a bit into a jar and add a splash of citrus solvent to thin it and apply several coats over the coarse of a few days.
 
Justin W said:
There is a product by Howard's feed-n-wax you can get in many big box stores. It is a bit thin, but I have been using it as a final coat, hand buffed in. It's also good if you get a little sanding swarf in your wood, it can lift and clean pretty well.
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I had an unopened bottle of feed-n-wax so I thought I'd try it on some walnut today. It was surprisingly "fumy" smelling so I looked up the sds out of curiosity, it's mostly petroleum distillates, as little as 1% beeswax/carnauba/orange oil. I like their butcher block conditioner a lot for cutting boards, I'm not as sold on this though. I'll try it for lifting sanding swarf, have you done that before applying finish?
 
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